The most difficult thing to grasp in gunpowder is the problem of proportion, Zhang Yuhua has made a breakthrough in this regard, coupled with some suggestions given to him by Sun Xiangfu, then it is not so difficult to turn it into a weapon that can be used as a military, even if it is coupled with solving its small-scale mass production, as well as safe use and other problems, with the current industrial and management level of Datang, it will take at most another year to solve the problem.

Therefore, at most, until next year, the force in Li Shimin's hands will swell again, and next August and September will be the day when the second sports conference will be held in Jiangling City, although there is still about a year and a half before now, Sun Xiangfu has already felt that something may happen during this conference.

The last time he was in Dingxiang, Li Shimin proposed to add the title of Khan to determine the status of his eldest brother, and in the end, the goal was achieved.

And this time, maybe it will be one step further and become the master of the world.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty will inevitably come into conflict with several major Western empires.

The militants will only be more belligerent because of his strength, and Li Shimin needs to use his world-famous exploits to wash away his black history of improper position, so this is basically inevitable.

As a grass people, Sun Xiangfu wants this ultimate battle to become more gentle, but he doesn't have the ability to match it, so as the days go by, Sun Xiangfu is also a little worried in his heart, which is definitely not the cry of Xia Cicada.

Today, there is a guest who has not seen a bald monk for a long time, and the place where Sun Xiangfu talks to him is not at home, but under the shade of the willow tree by the pond, here, there are two chairs, a coffee table, on the coffee table, there are many cut melons and fruits, which are exuding an attractive fragrance, but it is difficult to arouse the appetite of the guests.

"The master has been studying in the Western Regions all these years, and he must have gained a lot!"

"After seeing all the states in the Western Regions, I finally feel that it is better to Datang."

Sitting side by side with Sun Xiangfu on the chair facing the pond, it was Xuanzang, Sun Xiangfu sent him to Tianzhu with a sea shortcut, and now, he took the sea shortcut back again, although the time he stayed there was nearly half shorter than in history, but the content of the Buddhism he learned there was not necessarily less than in history, because, Sun Xiangfu slightly improved his vision, and the current international status of the Tang Dynasty is not comparable to this period in history, and he has hardly been subjected to many difficulties in the West as in history. Just the name of a Tang monk has made him courteous to the major Buddhist temples and even the royal families of many countries, and they have taken out their scriptures and meanings to exchange and share with him, which is the benefit of being backed by a strong country.

"Did the master realize that a Buddha cannot help people fight fear, only people themselves can help themselves fight fear?" Hearing Xuanzang's slightly admiring tone, Sun Xiangfu's eyes didn't look at the float anymore, and turned his head to look at Xuanzang's still handsome face and asked.

In fact, no matter how many fish he catches, it is useless, because the fish he catches are all released back into the pond by Xuanzang.

"Perhaps, what Master Sun said is right! Before going to the Western Regions, the poor monks thought that all right and wrong cause and effect should be able to be answered in Mahayana Buddhism, but when the poor monks understood the Mahayana Buddhism in the West, they felt that it was imperfect like the Hinayana Buddhism in my Datang Dynasty, but it made the poor monks' incomprehension even more. Especially after seeing what Datang looks like now. ”

What does Datang look like now?

If you look at the place that Xuanzang is interested in, that is, there are fewer people who believe in religion, there are fewer Buddhist temples, Taoist temples, monks, and Taoist priests, and Chang'an has built so many new commercial buildings, but only not a Buddhist temple and Taoist temple have been built.

Moreover, since the beginning of the third year of Zhenguan, Taoist priests, monks, and the trend of returning to the people began to form, to now, it has become out of control, just a few years, the number of Taoist temples and temples in the country has been reduced by more than half, and the number of monks has decreased by nearly seventy.

This is the true attitude of the people of Middle-earth towards religion.

"Any religion, doctrine, with its development, will be because of personal interests mixed, and change the original nature, Buddhist philosophy, may have a lot of merits, but there is also a lot of dross, if the master can take its essence, go to its dross, set Eastern and Western Buddhism as a whole, the achievement of a new Buddhist doctrine, so that the world can look at this religion more rationally, so that no more superstition, blind faith, is a great merit."

In the common saying of later generations, religion is not terrible, religious superstition is terrible, just like the various tourist attractions in China, religious mountain gates, there are many tourists to visit every day, and even burn incense to worship, it does not have any bad impact on the general public, on the contrary, let many people who seek peace of mind, get peace of mind, or rather, with the help of this kind of unnecessary things, get a kind of psychological comfort.

However, fanatical superstition is a bad thing, and as a religious person, it is even worse to use religion to do something other than your own practice.

"This, I'm afraid it's difficult." Xuanzang once again put a fish caught by Sun Xiangfu into the water.

"That's why we need someone like the master with great wisdom and perseverance to do it!"

"However, the poor monk does not know what the so-called 'reason' is. It's like Sun Shizhu, you fish, you have a reason for you to fish, the poor monk releases these fish, there is also a reason for the poor monk, whose reason is wise? Who will be judged? ”

"That's right, but this fishing thing, it should be my reason is wise, because I fish, I want to eat fish, use it to fill my stomach, maintain my life, in addition, has the master heard of a sentence, called eating fish to save the world."

"Eat fish to save the world?" Xuanzang looked at Sun Xiangfu a little inexplicably.

"Yes, eating fish, it may be a thing to save the world, because, if everyone does not eat fish, some fish may squeeze the living space of other organisms because of excessive reproduction, destroying the ecology, the vast majority of organisms in this world, exist in a food chain, once the biological chain is broken, there may be a succession of species extinction······"

Sun Xiangfu told Xuanzang about the biological chain through several analogies, and then said, "The fish in Shannan are quite abundant, and we can't eat them all, we eat big fish, and we may save a lot of small fish or other creatures to maintain the balance of the biological chain, this is the truth that people must follow, I call it scientific truth." It exists in all aspects of the human world, and it is the most feasible way to break down religious superstitions, and it is the truth that human beings must follow in order to live in this world. ”

Many species that reproduce too fast in later generations tried to destroy the world, but they were stopped by our country's foodies, of course, Sun Xiangfu told Xuanzang this truth at once, he must be difficult to understand, but what he said about this 'scientific truth' aroused Xuanzang's curiosity, so the creatures learned in Jiuyuan County were naturally sent out by Sun Xiangfu again.

"Master Sun thinks that if the Tang Dynasty continues to develop like it is now, will my Buddhism continue to exist?"

In a few years, nearly seventy percent of the monks have returned to the laity, and more than half of the temples have been closed and demolished, which is still under the condition that Li Shimin did not deliberately suppress Buddhism, which made Xuanzang, who looked at its existence from the standpoint of Buddhism, a little flustered, and he couldn't imagine that he would come back with hundreds of Buddhist scriptures in the Western Regions, and what he saw would be such a scene.

"There are always some people who have seen through the red dust and need a place to escape from the world, but its scale may be even smaller, the Central Plains has become unsuitable for its growth now, if the master wants to make a difference, he should not think about translating those Western Buddhist scriptures and spreading it in the Central Plains, because it is of no use to the people of the Central Plains.

Instead, you should write down the customs, what you have seen and heard in the Western Regions over the years, and hand them over to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty can have a better understanding of those areas that are still in poverty and suffering, to erase the evil that brings suffering to the local people, liberate them, and bring them to live a good life like the people of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Hearing this, Xuanzang's eyes were responsible, and after half a ring, he said with a guilty face, "The poor monk cultivates Buddhism half-body, and has been seeking scriptures for several years, but he is not as good as Sun Shizhu, I am really ashamed, the poor monk went to the Western Regions, and sometimes recorded what he saw and heard locally, and later went to Chang'an, and he will definitely present these things to His Majesty, and after that, I am afraid that I will not have to bother Sun Shizhu's boat, and then send the poor monk a ride." ”

"Where does the master want to go?"

"It's still the land of the Western Regions."

"Master, do you want to help those people in the West?"

Xuanzang nodded and smiled, "Even a secular person like Sun Shizhu has such a great goodness in his chest, how can a poor monk not do his best to be a monk, in the western land, there are many sects, many schools that have strayed into the evil way, and the control of the people has already reached an incredible level, and they want to be like what the donor said." Liberate them, rely on force, even materials, can not be easy to do, the poor monk goes, I am afraid that the return date is slim, but unfortunately, the poor monk came back unfortunately, Li Daochang has gone overseas, I don't know, there is no opportunity to talk with him in this life. ”

Seeing that Xuanzang got up to leave, Sun Xiangfu stopped fishing, got up and hugged his fists, "There should be a chance to see you again, later, I will write to Lingnan, let Feng Gong prepare a ship for you, after you are ready, you can go to sea at any time to the west, and Feng Gong has a commercial cargo station over there, if you have something, you can write to inform you, my Datang to the west, it is not so far away." ”

Of course, it is not far away, take the five-sail fast boat that specializes in carrying passengers, but in more than a month, you can arrive at the wharf along the coast of the Vanabi Kingdom from the Lingnan coast, from Tengzhou, Yunnan County, ride a horse to borrow the Daojialou Wisp Wave or Tubo, it also only takes more than a month to reach the Tianzhu Qunu City, but the road is not too easy to walk, not people who are used to the snow plateau, and they can't complete the trip.

When Xuanzang went to the Western Regions, there was no vigor, and when he returned to the Tang Dynasty, he did not set off any uproar, but a few days later, when he arrived in Chang'an, he was shocked by this seemingly strange city, and when he presented what he had seen and heard in the Western Regions in the past few years to Li Shimin, he was summoned by Li Shimin, and the meeting was not long, so he talked about an incident, Li Shimin persuaded Xuanzang to return to the vulgar as an official, and the position of the head of the Siyi Pavilion was directly given to him by Langzhong of the Wupin Rite Department, and he refused.

Then, Li Shimin gave him a first-class citizenship for talents in a special field, indicating that he was one of the religious representatives of the Tang Dynasty, in fact, it was a high-level ID card printed with the official seal of the Tang Dynasty, as well as a customs clearance document, with these things, he freely cleared the customs and went to the Western Regions, after all, after chatting with Sun Xiangfu, what he was going to do in the Western Regions, Li Shimin was happy to see. And with the official envoy of the Ministry of Rites, what Xuanzang provided to Li Shimin was just a supplement.